Can I get a sample?
YES you can ..... but it depends on what it is you want. If you want a specific letter, a specific size, a specific font or a custom color then you will have to buy one but if you are not picky on the font, the size and the letter or if you just need a color swatch then your in luck! We can get that to you at no cost!! Use the contact form to request a sample and provide your name and shipping address
The sign industry is not a retail business, it is a service business. Where can you go to buy quality sign letters and numbers in the entire USA? Well you can go to Lowe's, Home Depot or Ace Hardware but you will find the selections really limiting. Most if not all of their stocks are from overseas, have limited font selection and only come in a few small sizes. Alternatively, you can visit a local sign company but the chances are they won't have a lot of samples either, and because they are usually a service oriented business, rather than a retail sales oriented business, they will have to order the letters in from a manufacturer. Most sign companies do not manufacture their own sign letters. They purchase them and then charge you to install them. That's where their interest lies, in servicing you, not selling you letters to install yourself.
The major manufacturer's in this industry only sell to sign companies. They are not at all interested in selling to the end user and for the most part, a sign company doesn't need samples. They already know the quality, the colors, the fonts, and how to install them. For the very same reason, there are no instructions that come with your letters. Essentially, you are buying a non-retail product, one that was never intended to be sold directly to the public. It is only with the advent of Internet commerce that sign letters could be purchased directly by an end user, mostly through sign companies with an online presence. Even so, there is still no stocked product. That's because sign letter manufacturer's still manufacture to order, and because of that there are no off the shelf samples to be sent at a moments notice. Everything is made to order and all returned items for any reason are recycled rather than put into inventory. It is cheaper to recycle or scrap than it is to store.